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Table 5 Parameters

From: Impact of advanced electricity tariff structures on the optimal design, operation and profitability of a grid-connected PV system with energy storage

 

Parameter

Set

Unit

Value

Description

Time

T

\(\mathbb {N}\)

-

35040

number of time steps

 

M

\(\mathbb {N}\)

-

12

number of months

 

ts

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{T}\)

s

9001

time steps

PV

N

\(\mathbb {N}\)

-

4

number of PV configurations

 

J

\(\mathbb {N}\)

-

4

number of roof planes

 

Cfpv

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}\)

CHF

2749

PV fixed cost

 

C mod

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{N}\)

CHF/W

0.6101

PV configurations, specific costs

 

\(P^{\textsc {mod}}_{\text {nom}}\)

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{N}\)

W

3151

PV unit nominal power

 

P mod

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{T\times N}\)

W

2

PV configuration unit generation

 

A mod

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{N}\)

m2

1.6311

PV configuration areas

 

A roof

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{J}\)

m2

231

roof planes areas

 

γ PV

\(\mathbb {R}\)

-

0.5%

annual maintenance specific cost

 

β i

[0−90]N

deg

3

 
 

ω i

[0−360]N

deg

3

PV configuration azimuth

Battery

B

\(\mathbb {N}\)

-

1

number of batteries

 

soc0

[0,1]B

-

0.7

initial state of charge

 

socmin

[0,1]B

-

0

minimum state of charge

 

socmax

[0,1]B

-

0.7

maximum state of charge

 

α

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{B}\)

s −1

4.63·10−7

battery self-discharge rate

 

η cha

[0,1]B

-

0.98

battery charging efficiency

 

η dis

[0,1]B

-

0.98

battery discharging efficiency

 

γ cha

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{B}\)

1/s

1/3600

battery charge C rate

 

γ dis

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{B}\)

1/s

1/3600

battery discharge C rate

 

C bat

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{B}\)

CHF/J

5.07·10−54

battery specific cost

 

\(C_{F}^{\textsc {bat}}\)

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{B}\)

CHF

0

battery fixed cost

 

\(C_{O}^{\textsc {bat}}\)

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}^{B}\)

CHF/J

0

operational cost of storage

System

L

\(\mathbb {N}\)

years

25

system lifetime

 

L bat

\(\mathbb {R}_{+}\)

years

9

expected battery lifetime

 

r

\(\mathbb {R}\)

-

1.5%

discount rate

  1. 1unique value for all
  2. 2PV profiles are simulated using the PVLIB toolbox (Stein et al. 2016)
  3. 3PV configuration tilt and azimuth are given in Fig. 4
  4. 4equivalent to 182.4CHF/kWh